Assessment of Prenatal Exposure to Ethanol by Meconium Analysis: Results of an Italian Multicenter Study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Pichini, Simona ^a   Marchei, Emilia ^a   Vagnarelli, Federica ^b   Tarani, Luigi ^c   Raimondi, Francesco ^d   Maffucci, Rosalba ^d   Sacher, Bruno ^e   Bisceglia, Massimo ^f   Rapisardi, Gherardo ^g   Elicio, Maria Rosaria ^g   Biban, Paolo ^h   Zuccaro, Piergiorgio ^a   Pacifici, Roberta ^a   Pierantozzi, Andrea ⁱ   Morini, Luca ^j  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ ARS Toscana   (Italy)

^j Department of Legal Medicine and Public Health ^*  (Italy)

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Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethyl glucuronide; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Italy; Meconium analysis; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARACHIDONIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; ETHYL PALMITOLEATE; FATTY ACID ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LINOLENIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; OLEIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PALMITIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; STEARIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MATERNAL AGE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EMILIA;

EID: 84857503473     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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